When that miserable bastard Ted Kennedy died I wondered if the wind farm(s) he had been hypocritically preventing near his Cape Cod properties would finally be built.

Today the Department of the Interior announced the long-delayed wind farm would finally be built.

The death of the Kennedy political machine: the gift that keeps on giving.

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Up until now the nation and the economy have been able to absorb higher energy prices without falling into economic recession, as happened in the 1970s. That situation may not last, however.

What bothers me the most is that we've had years to address this problem and instead of moving forward on a broad front we are stuck fighting for which one ( Read more... )